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001mm CURTAIN POLE; No. 278,721. Patented June 5,1883.

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PATENT FFICE.

FIL K D.v MERSEREAU, OF ORANGE, NEYV JERSEY.

CORNICE CURTAIN POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of-Letters Patent No. 278,721, dated June 5, 1883.

Application filed April 16, 1883. (No model.) V

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK DQMERsEREAU, of Orange, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented, made, and applied to use Improvements in the Construction of Cornice Curtain Poles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and correct description of my invention, reference being had. to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which Figure -1 is a view of the curtain-pole removed from its position within the end pieces Fig. 2, a view of the'same partially inserted within the end pieces; Fig. 3, a view of the same inserted and held in the end pieces.

In the drawings like parts of the invention are pointed out by the same letters of refer- V The'nature of the present invention consists in improvements, as more fully hereinafter set forth, in the construction of cornice curtain poles, the object of the invention being the production of a cornice curtain pole easily placed in position and removed from this position when necessary, and one that can be easily adjusted to different lengths of windowcasings. I

To enable those skilled in the arts to make and use my invention, I will describe the same.

A shows the pole, usually formed of wood, and covered with sheet metal, brass being usually employed. 7

B is one of the end pieces, circular in form, and made of any desired width, the metal being continued in course of manufacture .from

the base, so that the end piece will be hollow. C is the opposite end piece, formed of the same width as the end piece B, but made in two sections, the upper section being attached to the end of the pole A, and the lower section being attached, as in the case of the end piece B, upon the side D of the window-casing.

. \Vhen the pole A is placed in position, the upper section of the piece C rests upon the lower section of the same. Such being the construction, it will be seen that the pole A is placed in position by inserting one end ofthc same within the end piece B and the other end within the lower section of the end piece C, and that the pole A is adjustable to windows or window-casings differing in width to the extent (so to speak) of the width ofthe end piece B, intended to form a bearing for one end of the pole A. If the window-casing be narrow or the usual width, the end of the pole A will have a full bearing within the end piece B, and if the window-casing be Wider the pole A-necessarily will have a shorter bearing within the end piece B. The pole A can also be easily placed in position or removed therefrom.

Having now set forth my invention, I claim FRANK 1). MERSEREAU'.

In presence o'f- WILLIAM V. H. limits, A. SIDNEY Donne. 

